To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank; to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer. "Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar."
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"Degrade" Quotes from Famous Books — A Modern Utopia • H. G. Wells — Morning Star • H. Rider Haggard — The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray — The Religious Sentiment - Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and - Philosophy of Religion • Daniel G. Brinton — Horace • Theodore Martin |
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